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I read the article and the comments and I'm still confused why this is important. I mean it sounds trivial. Why not take the hash of the first random number, a
by Houshalter 10y ago
I read the article and the comments and I'm still confused why this is important.
I mean it sounds trivial. Why not take the hash of the first random number, and xor it with the first random number. Then optionally hash the output and use that as a seed for a RNG. If any part of the process isn't very random, that's fine, it's still nearly impossible to reverse and doesn't hurt the other parts.
- coldtea 10y agoHashing low entropy random sources is not going to get you high quality random seeds...
- Houshalter 10y agoWhy not? Xor it with a random constant if it's sensitive to zeros. But you aren't going to get any more entropy out of it than any other method.